I finally recently decided to self-publish something on Amazon. As a friend recently put it, it is an “awkwardly human” … Continue reading Self-Published Short Story: Adverb

Using only a magnifying glass and the sun, you can find Janie O’Brien @Charred Fibers creating elaborate pieces of Solar … Continue reading Moonlighting Volume 2: Charred Fibers Solar Pyrography

Due to my fear of flying, I have done a ton of traveling via Greyhound, including multiple trips across country. … Continue reading Greyhound Stench: A Prose Poem

I have an extremely soft spot for very early works of  English literature. The ones that require modern English translations … Continue reading Pearl and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A King Arthur Tale

As eloquently stated by Wikipedia: A sestina is a fixed verse form consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, … Continue reading Form Poetry: Sestina

Since this is my first article for what I hope will be a long running blog project of mine, I … Continue reading Moonlighting Volume 1: Varuchii

The silver shimmer reflects future winters. Ones that promise more. Calmness surrounds me as darkness seeps around the edges. I … Continue reading Winter Poem

This year despite all of the chaos in The White House and on Capitol Hill, I still find myself as … Continue reading More Patriotic Than Ever

It’s that time of year again, when sadness clings to my soul all day. It’s been 9 years since my … Continue reading Requiem of a Friend